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"Angle, angle,
push'?
In stress, the mind disconnects
'distractions' in the ear. It FOCUSES ... i.e. the EYES get
priority.
At 'stress time' an
even better system is one that employs eye-hand info, such as an AOA VANE that
is always in the pilot's field of vision, continually showing angle degrees, not
little lights, or (distracting) sounds.
Then he can SEE the
AIR,
SEE and FEEL the angle
of his wing to the relative wind,
as he controls the wing's
AOA precisely with his hand on the stick,
without having to think about
it.
Habit.
The numbers quoted in the
referenced new AOA brochure are the same general range I found after reviewing
some 800 fatal accidents, and published 10 years ago in Kitplanes (12/98)
...
roughly a THIRD of
all FATAL accidents in Genav are from unintentional stalls, and
almost HALF of all Experimentals'
.
So, were us supremely
confident, macho pilots alarmed by such red flags? Say what?
Has anything changed in
the posturing FAA's wordy, unchanged training-training-training SAFETY programs,
and the continued primary
antique emphasis on 'stall speed' for 10 years?
NAH!
We know safety.
We know our plane!
We can feel it's approach to
stall.
And we don't need no stinkin'
AOAs that WORK, and are USED.
As judge said after
sentencing the defendant to death, "And I hope this teaches you a
lesson!".
Terrence
L235/320 N211AL
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 08:31
PM
Subject: [LML] Re: Clearing up some
information about the Legacy accident.
Good catch. You want the "angle angle, push", or whatever
version of AOA you have that tells you you are approaching critical angle of
attack. Ron
Ron,
Why
would you want to "pull up" and increase the angle of attack when
you
are already close to the stalling
AOA?
Lynn
Farnsworth
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